Vasco da Gama Yacht Rally
2009-2010 Third and Fourth Edition
ORGANISATION
Vasco da Gama Rally Third and Fourth Edition 2009-2010 - ORGANIZATION Rally organizer is Lodewijk Brust, a sailor with more than forty years of sailing experience. Mainly been living on board of his yacht Mistral, a Southerly 135 for 18 years now. He has sailed twice from the Netherlands to the Mediterranean, visiting most countries on the way. Brust was a committee-member of the EMYR (Eastern Mediterranean Yacht Rally) in 1996. Between 1998 and 2003, sailed from Tunisia to India, Thailand and Malaysia, returning to Turkey single-handed in 2003. In 2005 and 2007 Chairman and Organizer of the Vasco da Gama Rally. Sail singlehanded back from India to Turkey in 2007.

Group-leaders:
Organization and clear communication between individual participants is essential for a pleasant journey. The organizer of the rally proposes a system of 'group-leaders' for every combination of 10 individual yachts. Group leaders will share responsibility of making the rally safe and as pleasant as possible for all participants. Group leaders will be informed of plans, changes and all information during regular briefing meetings. While underway, at regular intervals, they will inform their 'groups' of progress details and all other information.
The responsibilities of an group leader include:

Distribution of navigation information to the group.
Regular VHF communication with the group.
In co-operation with the organization and local port officials: to facilitate an orderly berthing or mooring of members of the group.
Collection of contributions from the group for possible social functions requiring extra fees.
Organizing refilling water and fuel for the group.
Group leaders might delegate some tasks to an individual member of the group.

FURTHER TASKS OF ADMINISTRATION:
Before leaving each port a briefing will be given. All the formalities will be described in the briefings. Assistance with the formalities will be provided at the harbors and marinas visited. All crewmembers must have a valid passport, not expiring 6 months before the end of the Rally.

Each yacht must carry the following:

10 passport photo's from each crew member
Copies of the Crew list , supplied by the organization
10 Copies of each passports
10 copies of the Ships Papers
Registration papers of pets (and some copies)
Red Sea Pilot Second Edition, incl. updates and additional map of the Sudan Coast.
Paper Charts covering the area to be sailed. Digital Maps, like C Map, Transas Tzunami or others are very use full.
Enough jerry cans for drinking water and fuel. In many places this is the only way to fill up your tanks.